I know what you mean. My new Maytag dishwasher cleans very poorly. The old one left the glasses sparkling clean. This one, they’re a bit cloudy and scummy. The new one says it uses only two gallons of water. So what if it doesn’t clean the dishes? Oh, and it takes almost THREE hours to do a poor job.
Thank you EPA.
See post #9.
The buttons that hold the lower dishrack on my 2 year old Maytag dissolved and fell off. Not to worry; the appliance has a 10 year warranty that covers that. Bad news: the warranty covers the rack, but not the connections. My husband fixed it himself (3 out of 4 connections) with brass nuts and bolts. The 4th connection was impossible to fix.
Recommendation: be sure to buy the store warranty in addition to the manufacturer’s warranty. The store would have fixed the machine.
I have a brand new Maytag that cleans great. I did buy top of the line though because I wanted a grinder in it. I don’t rinse dishes. Lol
Ive also found you have to use the best detergent but I had to do that in my old one too. I won’t use anything but Cascade action packs with Dawn.
Wow, and I thought my 2-1/2 hr. was bad. The same with my new clothes washing machine. Takes forever, doesn't actually clean.
When I am experiencing things like this, ya know, stuff that used to do a job and now takes twice as long not to do it, I always send a (not so polite) thank you to the environmentalists.
And, I have been asking this question forever, but have yet to receive a response: "Does having a machine that takes longer to (not) clean your items, actually save any energy? Yeah, less water; but, does it save energy, since it alway has that "Energy Efficient" tag on it?
I know what you mean. My new Maytag dishwasher cleans very poorly. The old one left the glasses sparkling clean. This one, they’re a bit cloudy and scummy. The new one says it uses only two gallons of water. So what if it doesn’t clean the dishes? Oh, and it takes almost THREE hours to do a poor job.
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My 20 year old dish washer still does a fine job, I’m hoping it lasts longer than I do.
Let’s not forget the low flush toilets you have to flush twice now.
Since the EPA took the Phosphates out of detergents they don’t clean as well. I refuse to pay for expensive D-W rinse agent, just use plain old white vinegar in the rinse agent unit. Works! Now have to add fabric bleach to my colors to get them clean and take out small stains that would normally have washed out. And have to add dye catchers to the light colors, when there is RED color on a item of clothing, cheap chinese crap dyes runs.